Jargon Buster

Privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) are technology solutions that use one or more of the privacy technologies (differential privacy, secure multi party compute and on device learning) to accomplish complex data processing functions in digital advertising without revealing the individual, household or device level personal information to parties that do not already have them.

An illegal method of redirecting traffic from another company’s website (such as a bank) to a fake one designed to look similar in order to steal user details when they try to log in.

An illegal method whereby seemingly legitimate e-mails (appearing to come from a well-known bank, for example) are used in an attempt to source personal information that can be used to steal a user's identity.

The smallest unit of measure for graphical elements in digital imagery, used as the standard unit of measure for ad creative (i.e. 300x250 pixels). Pixels may also represent x/y coordinates relevant to a given space, such as the browser window, an application workspace or the user’s computer screen (see also “Tracking Pixel”).

A lean-in user who is directly influencing gameplay.

The descriptor as to whether a gaming experience is individual or alongside other players.

The in-game perspective of a player in a given video game title (video game titles can offer multiple perspectives). Click through for different perspective types.

Podcasting involves making an audio file of content that is available to download and stream. 

Any advertising experience where visiting a website in an initial browser window initiates a secondary browser window to deliver an ad impression directly above the initial browser window. These are currently discouraged for desktop web and mobile web experiences due to consumer feedback resulting from research by the Coalition for Better Ads.